Urban Decay Ultimate Basics Palette

This new palette features 12 exclusive matte eyeshadows—you won’t find any of these shades in any other Naked palette! The shadows are encased in a stunning rose gold palette with a huge interior mirror and double-ended eye brush. If you’ve never tried our matte shadows, you’ll be blown away by how different they are. Other mattes can be “skippy” – uneven on application or difficult to blend. But EVERY shade in Naked Ultimate Basics features our proprietary Pigment Infusion System™, which gives the formula a velvety texture, rich colour, serious staying power and blendability. 

The shadows include a range of warm and cool neutrals that blend easily together for all-matte eye looks or with the other Naked palettes. The range of shades in this palette is fantastic, it includes essentials like pale cream, soft taupe, warm brown and matte black along with a few more daring shades like terracotta, gunmetal and rose.

The shades include:

• Blow (pale nude)
• Nudie (nude pink)
• Commando (light taupe)
• Tempted (pale brown)
• Instinct (medium taupe)
• Lethal (burgundy)
• Pre-Game (pale yellow)
• Extra Bitter (burnt orange)
• Faith (medium warm brown)
• Lockout (neutral brown)
• Magnet (smoky grey)
• Blackjack (warm black)

The formula is beautiful!.. Matte eyeshadows can apply patchy or look chalky, but these are all beautiful, buttery and highly-pigmented. I experienced a teeny bit of fall-out when applying the darker shades like Magnet and Blackjack to my lashline, but expected even with the pigmented, quality shadows. Put it on your Christmas lists or treat yourselves! This palette is not to be missed! A great palette for maturing skin as it is extremely flattering or anyone who loves a matte shadow.

Available for £38.50 from Urban Decay or from all good beauty stores.

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Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

It was one of the most anticipated sequels of the decade, Urban Decay Naked 2 follows in the footsteps of the Naked palette, (straight up - the world's best-selling palette of all time). This Urban Decay eyeshadow palette is filled with 12 pigment-rich, taupe and greige neutral eyeshadows, including FIVE EXCLUSIVE NEW shades. Feast your eyes on shades ranging from pale to deep, matte to sparkly. This collection lets you achieve many neutral looks, smoky dramatic eyes, and everything in between. Let's just say there's a whole new way to get Naked! The case has an art-school inspired look with hinged lid taupe metal with embossed chocolate brown artwork. It's smooth, modern and cool to the touch - a real tactile experience. Plus, palette also features a double-ended, cruelty-free Good Karma Shadow/Crease Brush (exclusive to this palette). 

• Shade Descriptions:
  - Foxy: Cream Bisque Matte
  - Half Baked: Golden Bronze Shimmer
  - Bootycall: Cork Shimmer
  - Chopper: Copper Shimmer W/Silver Micro-Glitter
  - Tease: Creamy Pale Brown Matte
  - Snakebite: Dark Bronze Shimmer
  - Suspect: Pale Golden Beige Shimmer
  - Pistol: Light Grayish Brown Shimmer
  - Verve: Oyster Shimmer
  - YDK: Cool Bronze Shimmer
  - Busted: Deep Brown Shimmer
  - Blackout: Blackest Black Matte.  
  

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• The Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette is much more cool toned than the original Naked palette, and it contains a wider selection of lighter shades which I love as I feel it’s more flexible to use on lot's of different looks, I definitely love this palette, but my heart steers more towards the warmer, more bronze Naked palette as those colours tend to make my blue eyes pop. But this is such a beautiful palette as I love that it contains three matte shades; all of which are staple shades you could use for any and every makeup look.. a highlight or base shade, a crease shade and an eyeliner shade. You also have the the gorgeous shimmers and the stunning glitter of chopper to create many different looks. My favourite shades from the palette would have to be; Half baked, Chopper and YDK although I honestly love every single shade. I love using this palette as the weather gets warmer and it just looks perfect with bronzer and a neutral lip.

As with all the Naked Palettes this is available for £38.50 from Urban Decay.co.uk 

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Urban Decay Naked Basics 2

Containing 5 matte shades and 1 with a slight sheen, all with great pigmentation and minimal fall out. Unlike the Naked Basics the Naked Basics 2* contains all cool-toned shadows, I do prefer the shades in the 2 as they’re deeper and create something more visible on the lids. I especially love Cover as it’s a fantastic crease shade. There’s also Skimp, a pale yellow highlight, Stark, a muted camel-taupe, Frisk, a grey-toned light brown and Undone, an almost black grey. I love these mini palettes, they contain every shade you need to create multiple looks but it's compact enough to pop into your bag or to travel with, if you like a bit of sparkle you could just pop a single glitter shadow in your bag to add over these for a nightime look. This palette is perfect for anytime of the year but I also gravite to these types of shades around autumn, winter as they are easy colours to wear and create a great look.

The Urban Decay Naked 2 Basics is available for £22, you can never have enough neutral palettes!

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Urban Decay - NAKED SKIN Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer

Hide even your most scandalous flaws. Naked Skin Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer* gives you buildable, even coverage with a luminous, demi-matte finish. Ultra lightweight, this high-tech formula melds like a second skin to give you full coverage in an instant. For complete coverage, just keep building; no matter how much you apply, Naked Skin Concealer always blends beautifully and never settles into fine lines. 

Practical and travel-friendly, this formula comes in a gorgeous bottle that’s like a smaller version of our Naked Skin Liquid Makeup component. The modern flocked applicator lays down just the right amount of product, and it’s soft enough to use on the delicate skin under the eyes.

I got shade Neutral fair in this concealer which is perfect for both brightening my under eyes and also to cover the odd blemish that pops up.. It gives great coverage. It is just like the foundation, only with a greater pigmentation and thickness, which is perfect. The applicator is perfect as well. It hasn't settled in my fine lines or gone cakey on my blemishes, as with the foundation it is available in many shades for you to find your perfect match!

Available in all good beauty outlets for £17.50.

What's your favourite concealer?

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Urban decay - NAKED SKIN WEIGHTLESS ULTRA DEFINITION LIQUID MAKEUP

Transform your complexion and discover a flawless finish. Urban Decay understands the balance between luminosity, weightlessness and coverage, combining all three in the Naked Skin Weightless Ultra Definition Liquid Makeup*, with a demi-matte finish and light-diffusing spheres to help blur imperfections and look like you've been professionally retouched, this Naked foundation perfectly complements your complexion. 

This foundation is my absolute favorite of all time at the moment, I've used a million different kinds from drug store brands to high-end. I got shade 2.0 which is great for me, I love that it this weightless, I love how easy it applies, I love that I can layer it if I need more full coverage. It is the perfect, lightweight, everyday foundation. It doesn't streak, it doesn't settle into fine lines, it's perfect! I would definitely recommend this everyone! 

Available in all good beauty outlets for £27.00

Have you tried the Naked complexion range?

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Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette

****Update you can now Pre-Order on Look Fantastic release date is 21st Dec**** use code TENSAVE FOR 10%off Bonus! 

It's finally here..... (Well if you live in the USA) -The long awaited follow up to Naked and Naked2 palettes - when I first  heard about this palette, I thought - What?! Another neutral palette, no one needs another Naked palette, do they?!...... Oh My! Was I wrong......... As time has gone on and the more pictures I see & the more reviews I read..... I now know I WANT this palette in my hands now!!.. I must be mad, I do not NEED another neutral palette but I'm counting down the minutes until it is released.... Rumoured to be mid-december for us in the UK.

The gorgeous colours... Strange (pale neutral pink matte-satin), Dust (pale metallic pink shimmer w/iridescent micro-glitter), Burnout (light pinky-peach satin), Limit (light dusty rose matte), Buzz (metallic rose shimmer w/silver micro-glitter), Trick (light metallic pinky-copper shimmer w/tonal micro-sparkle), Nooner (medium pinky-brown matte), Liar (medium metallic mauve shimmer), Factory (pinky-brown satin), Mugshot (metallic taupe shimmer w/slight pink shift), Darkside (deep taupe-mauve satin) and Blackheart (smoky black matte w/rosy red micro-sparkle). 

I love the rose gold shades and think it is different to the last two palettes, or am I just talking myself into buying it! Ha I'm sure I'll be posting another post very soon with swatches etc....

It is also rumoured to be around £36-£40.00.

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Urban Decay Naked Skin ultra definition pressed Finishing Powder

It’s the next evolution in Naked Skin. The powder with the World's longest name!..... Designed to be virtually invisible once applied, our high-tech, jet-milled powder has an insanely silky texture that feels amazing on your skin. Optical blurring pigments instantly minimize imperfections, diminish shine and create a stunning soft-focus effect that looks professionally retouched. 

Unlike powders that leave skin looking chalky or cakey, Naked Skin Finishing Powder gives you a radiant complexion and NATURAL-looking Naked coverage. It feels like silk on the skin, so soft & creamy.

The packaging is a gorgeous gunmetal and champagne custom compact it is lovely looking, it even has a Naked-embossed push button. The top compartment includes a full-size mirror, perfect for on-the-go touchups and a separate compartment underneath holds the applicator sponge. When you’re done applying, just slip the case into the pretty carrying pouch to keep it protected in your bag. 

The colour 'Naked Light' is a perfect match for my skin & gives me a flawless finish, I usually use the sponge to dab the powder where I need it, then I blend the powder in & out over the rest of my face with my RT powder brush. It has pretty good lasting power on my face, I can get a good 7-8hrs of shine free face.

It is quite expensive for powder at £22.00, but it's Urban Decay and for a high end brand it's about average and I expect to pay it, the packaging is ultra sleek which is an added bonus when I need to powder my nose in public!

Have you tried any of Urban Decay's new Naked Skin range?

Wedding Make up...... Eyeshadows

I personally think the 'no make up' natural make up looks gorgeous on a bride, using neutral shades that complement the skin tone as the only thing that should get the guests talking is your DRESS! Not your blue kohl eye & neon pink lip.... Here are a Few of my  favourite Neutral palettes.

Stila In the Light Eye Shadow Palette is a beautiful collection of Stila's award-winning eye shadows in wearable, neutral shades for every skintone that can be worn wet or dry.The palette also includes an exclusive Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner in Damsel, a matte chocolate brown. £25.00

Clarins quartet in Rosewood, A collection of wet and dry formula eye shadow quartets, each containing four toning shades of satin and iridescent long lasting, super silky and blendable eye colour. Presented in Clarins' signature pale gold compact with mirror and two quality foam tipped applicators; one for defining the eye and one for shading and blending. £31.00

Urban Decay Naked Palettes, You can look great NAKED! These long, lean, seductive case is packed with TWELVE gorgeous neutrals. Shades range from delicate champagnes to dark, gritty gunmetal, with names like Darkhorse, Virgin and Buck. They also included a range of textures: everything from glitter to shimmer to matte. £36.00 each

Wet n Wild in Comfort Zone, a stunning collection of 8 silky, ultra-pigmented day-to-night colors. Mix-and-match for a variety of looks from sweet to wild! Lot's of different shades to choose from. $4.99 or eBay around £5.00

MUA Heaven & Earth is a palette of 12 beautiful earth tone shades that blend effortlessly to give a soft shimmery finish. Create a natural effect using the individual shades, or mix colours together to intensify your look. But this brand has several great palettes on offer. £4.00

Sleek Mke up, The most feminine palette around creates super-sultry looks with shades from every day beiges and peachy hues, to matte browns and shimmering greys.A palette of 12 pressed, mineral-based eyeshadows, Oh So Special contains five shimmers and seven mattes. Each super- blendable eyeshadow is ideal for creating multi-dimensional looks. £7.99

There are lots of palettes & shadows from different brands that can suit your bugdet, you need a base or the lid, a mixer & crease colour, the other shades just add that something extra to make it suitable for you.

Wht's your favourite shadow or palette?

MUA Undress me too - UD Naked 2 Dupe?

The Undress Me Too Palette embraces this season’s fresh-faced look and urges you to strip back and go nude! Made up of 12 warm and timeless shades, this palette will suit all skin tones and any occasion. 

When i first heard about this palette, I thought " Oh not another Nude palette!....." But then i saw it & fell in love. It will get a huge Welcome into my collection!...

Featuring a shade range that runs from the palest champagne to the grittiest gunmetal grey, this isn’t just ‘shades of beige. Each shadow has a distinct look that works for everyone.